Lit Hub Daily: September 14, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily28d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 14, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1321, Dante Alighieri dies. - Does your town need a bookstore? Maybe you should start one.
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top 76%Children of the Wolf
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts28d ago
I am descended from Vikings. My paternal lineage runs all the way back to Erik the Red, the first European to stumble upon the shores of North America.
Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded
Literary Hubby Kevin Dettmar28d ago
Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded Kevin Dettmar on Joy Division, Ian Curtis, and the Tragic Background of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” The Ian Curtis whose torch singing floats...
36 Literary Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Fall
Literary Hubby Emily Temple28d ago
36 Literary Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Fall Your Essential Book-to-Screen Fall Preview Fall is the perfect time for curling up with a good book—or maybe a good movie. (We’re not monsters.)
This Week in Literary History: John Keats Writes “To Autumn”
Literary Hubby Literary Hub28d ago
This Week in Literary History: John Keats Writes “To Autumn” Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here.
A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison
Literary Hubby John J. Lennon28d ago
A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison John J.
When Your Town Needs a Bookstore… Why Not Open One Yourself?
Literary Hubby Rachel Pastan28d ago
When Your Town Needs a Bookstore... Why Not Open One Yourself? Rachel Pastan on Building Community and Writing a Novel The morning my life changed, I was sitting in a cafe talking to a student at a...
Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy
Literary Hubby The Center for Fiction28d ago
Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy The Author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) in Conversation With John Freeman at The Center For Fiction...
How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel
Literary Hubby Bo Wang28d ago
How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel Bo Wang on Finding Ways to Seamlessly Incorporate English and Mandarin Into Her Fiction When he was three, my son often said his...
Lit Hub Weekly: September 7 – 11, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily12 Sept 2026
Lit Hub Weekly: September 7 - 11, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - A new season means new books. Here are 34 titles you need to read this fall.
Lit Hub Daily: September 11, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily11 Sept 2026
Lit Hub Daily: September 11, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1974, children’s book author Lois Lenski Covey dies. - Where does Harlan Coben get ideas?
The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Literary Hubby Phillip Lopate11 Sept 2026
The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Phillip Lopate on the Enduring Legacy of Washington Irving’s Most Famous Short Story “Rip van Winkle” begins with a description setting the scene between...
The War on Terror Through the Eyes of Queer Afghan Refugees
Literary Hubby Steven W. Thrasher11 Sept 2026
The War on Terror Through the Eyes of Queer Afghan Refugees Steven W. Thrasher Reflects on 9/11 and Its Aftermath Through Reading No God But Us and The Sense of Brown As I read Bobuq Sayed’s No God...
Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”
Literary Hubby Harlan Coben11 Sept 2026
Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?” “Sometimes, it’s a simple ‘what-if.’” This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
On the Forgotten Enslavement of Native Americans and Its Central Role in US History
Literary Hubby Linford D. Fisher11 Sept 2026
On the Forgotten Enslavement of Native Americans and Its Central Role in US History From Linford D.
On the Existential Threat of Palestinian Kites to Colonial Power
Literary Hubby Ahmad Ibsais11 Sept 2026
On the Existential Threat of Palestinian Kites to Colonial Power Ahmad Ibsais on the Children Who Imagine a Sky Beyond Israeli Rule There is an old colonizer adage that “the old will die and the...
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks11 Sept 2026
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Emma Cline, Francis Fukuyama, R.F.
Tom Cole on Autofiction, Shame-Based Writing, and Being an Unreliable Narrator
Literary Hubby Morgan Bassichis11 Sept 2026
Tom Cole on Autofiction, Shame-Based Writing, and Being an Unreliable Narrator The Author of Chimes in Conversation with Morgan Bassichis If at all possible, it is best to do whatever Thora Siemsen...
“Late Summer in the Anthropocene,” a Poem by Marcus Wicker
Literary Hubby Marcus Wicker11 Sept 2026
“Late Summer in the Anthropocene,” a Poem by Marcus Wicker From the Collection Dear Mothership & our hibiscus is on that bullshit again. You know the story. She picked us.
The Birthing Tree
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts11 Sept 2026
February 1968 On a bone-chilling day in February, over a table of textbooks and potato chips, Susan and I, despite me being only twelve years old, decided we were going to go to college together...